Word: long
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...exercises of Princeton's 150th commencement began Wednesday morning. The usual long list of degrees on examination were conferred as were also a number of honorary degrees, ex-President Cleveland being the recipient of one of these...
...fine showing made is largely due to the efficient coaching of Donovan, the regular Weld coach, and to W. S. Youngman, L. S. The former especially is deserving of great credit for the consistency and excellence of his long term of coaching, which has resulted so splendidly...
...remarkably fast time. At the bridge the Weld had gained considerably and were leading the Millstreams by a length of open water, the B. A. A. bringing up the rear three lengths behind. All the crews were rowing in fine form at this point, the Weld especially maintaining a long, even stroke at 38 and rowing in perfect union. This order was maintained until within a quarter of a mile from the finish, when the Millstreams spurted strongly and drew up quickly on the Weld. The Weld, however, answered readily with a similar spurt and crossed the line a winner...
HOWARD DUNNING. Cedarhurst, Long Island, June...
...point, however, deserves particular commendation. This is the evident effort to confine punning, pure and simple, to the "By the Way" column, so long avowedly devoted to the pursuit of that noble art. There is still room for improvement in the same line, but it is a long step in advance to purge the editorial page of such self-confessed twaddle as has at times appeared there, and to substitute for it the sound opinions on events of the day which appear in the present number...